KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Expedition Three crew member Mikhail Tyurin,
a cosmonaut with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, checks out the
slidewire basket at Launch Pad 39A. At right is STS-105 Pilot Rick
Sturckow. Both crews are at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown
Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency egress, a simulated
launch countdown and familiarization with the payload. Mission STS-105
will be transporting the Expedition Three crew, several payloads and
scientific experiments to the International Space Station aboard
Discovery. The current Expedition Two crew members on the Station will
return to Earth on Discovery. Launch of Discovery is scheduled no earlier
than Aug. 9, 2001.
(Photo Release Date: 07/19/2001
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